Green Day is a band from California, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitar as well as the occasional harmonica), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, percussion, backing vocals). Since their sixth album, Warning, the band has included close friend Jason White as a back-up guitarist for live shows. Green Day is credited, along with The Offspring and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest of punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.

"I do not mind if all I am is just a friend to you, but all I want to know right now is if you think about me too."

Paper Lanterns

"I take a look around and all these things I found, I call it blind hatred"

Road to Acceptance

"So I can Rest my head..."

Rest

"Then again it seems much more than that but i'm not sure exactly what you're thinking"

Going To Pasalacqua

Well I toss and turn all night thinking of your ways of affection/ But to find that it's not different at all/ So I throw away my past mistakes and contemplate my future/ That's when I say/ What the hey!/ Would it last forever?/ You and I together hand in hand we run away/ Far away!

"Juliet's trying to find out what she wants, but she don't know/ Experience has got her down..."

One For The Razorbacks

"My mental stability reaches its bitter end / And all my senses are coming unglued / Is there any cure for this disease someone called love / Not as long as there are girls like you"

80

"If anyone can hear me slap some sense in me/ But you turn your head/ And I end up talking to myself"

"80"

"There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy/ There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy/ He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting/ Someone help him up or he is gonna end up quitting"

"Do you ever think back/ To another time?/ Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?/ Do you ever wanna lead a long trail of destruction/ And mow down and bullshit that confronts you?/ Do you ever build up all the small things in your head/ To make one problem that adds up to/ Nothing/ To me it's nothing"

"Having A Blast

"Let's nuke the bridge we've torched 2,000 times before. / This time we'll blast it all to hell!"

F.O.D.

"You're just- a fuck! I can't explain it 'cause I know ya suck. I'm taking pride in telling you to fuck off and die"

F.O.D."

"I went to a whore / he said my life's a bore / so quit my whining cause it's bringing her down"

Basket Case

"Do you have the time/ to listen to me whine/ about nothing and everything all at once"

Basket Case

"I am one of those melodramatic fools/ neurotic to the bone/ no doubt about it"

"No one loves you and you know / And you know it / Don't pretend that / You enjoy it / Or you don't care / Cause now I wouldn't lie / Or tell you all the things you wanna hear / Cause I hate you!"

"Platypus (I Hate You)

"Glory days don't mean shit to me / I drank a six-pack of apathy"

The Grouch

"Life's a bitch and so am I / The world owes me, so fuck you"

The Grouch

"[failed arpeggio] Aw, fuck."

** Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. / I hope you had the time of your life."

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"So take the photographs and still frames in your mind / Hang them on a shelf in good health and good times / Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial / For what it's worth, it was worth all the while"

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"What's the difference between you and me? / I do what I want, and you do what you're told."

Reject

"There's a drought at the fountain of youth / now I'm dehydrating."

Hitchin' A Ride

"Fucked without a kiss again and dragged it through the mud"

Worry Rock

"Where do we go from here / And what did you do with the directions? / Promise me no dead end streets / And I'll guarantee we'll have the road"

"Worry Rock"

"I got a new start on a dead end road/ Peaked, peaked out on reaching new lows/ Owed, payed off all my debts to myself/ Perfect picture of bad health"

"Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls / GI Joe in panty hose is making room / for the one and only / King for a Day, Princess by dawn / King for a Day -- in a leather thong..."

"King for A Day"

"Loose ends tied in knots leaving a lump down in my throat / I'm gagging on a souvenir / Lodged to fill another year / Well dragging on and on until my skin is ripped to shreds / I'm leaving myself open wide/ Living out a sacrifice"

"Sanitation, expiration date, QUESTION EVERYTHING!/ Or shut up and be a victim of authority."

Warning

"Waiting in a room / All dressed up and bound a gagged / Strapped to a chair / It's so unfair / I won't dare to move / For the pain she puts me through is what I need / So make it bleed"

Blood, Sex, and Booze

"I here by solemnly swear to tell the whole truth/ And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you."

Church On Sunday

"Trust is a dirty word that comes from such a liar / But respect is something I will earn if you have faith"

"Church on Sunday"

"Stepped out of the line/Like a sheep runs from the herd"

Minority

"I wanna be the minority / I don't need your authority / down with the moral majority / 'cause I wanna be the minority'

Minority

"A free-for-all / FUCK 'EM ALL! / You are your own sight!"

Minority

"It's a lifetime guarantee/Stuffed in a coffin 10% more free".

Macy's Day Parade

"Dawning of a new era / Calling, don't let it catch you/ Falling, ready or not at all"

Waiting

"I've been waiting a lifetime / For this moment to come I'm / Destined for anything at all / Dumbstruck, color me stupid / Good luck, you're gonna need it / Where I'm going if I get there at all / Wake up / Better thank your lucky stars"

"Don't wanna be an american idiot/ Don't wanna nation under the new media/ and can you hear the sound of hysteria/The subliminal mind-fuck America."

American Idiot

"Maybe I'm the faggot America, / I'm not part of a redneck agenda."

American Idiot

"Now everybody do the propaganda, / and sing along to the age of paranoia."

American Idiot

"I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies, / This is the dawning of the rest of our lives / On Holiday!"

Holiday

"I'm the son of rage and love, / The Jesus of Suburbia"

Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)

"And there's nothing wrong with me / This is how I'm supposed to be / In a land of make-believe / That don't believe in me"

Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)

"It says: home is where your heart is / But what a shame / 'Cause everyone's heart / doesn't beat the same"

Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)

"I read the graffiti / In the bathroom stall / Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall / And so it seemed to confess / It didn't say much / But it only confirmed / That the center of the earth / Is the end of the world / And I could really care less"

Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)

"Everyone's so full of shit / born and raised by hypocrites"

"Jesus of Suburbia (I Don't Care)"

"I don't care if you don't."

"Jesus of Suburbia (I Don't Care)"

"Dearly beloved are you listening? / I can't remember a word that you were saying"

Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)

"Are we demented or am I disturbed? / The space that's in between insane and insecure"

Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)

"Oh therapy can you please fill the void? / Am I retarded of am I just overjoyed?"

Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)

"To live and not to breathe / is to die in tragedy / To run, to run away / To find what you believe"

Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"

"And I walked this line / A million and one fucking times / But not this time"

Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"

"Another protester has crossed the line/ To find, the money's on the other side"

Holiday

"Sieg Heil To The President Gasman/Bombs Away is your PUNISHMENT!/Pulverize the Eiffel Towers/Who criticize your GOVERNMENT!/Bang-bang goes the broken glass/Kill all the fags who DON'T AGREE!/Trials by fire/Setting fire/Is not a way that's MEANT FOR ME!/Just 'cause/Just 'cause/Because we're outlaws/YEAH!"

Holiday

"I walk this empty street/ On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams/ Where the city sleeps/ and I'm the only one and I walk alone"

Boulevard or Broken Dreams

"Read between the lines, what's fucked up when everything's alright?"

Boulevard or Broken Dreams

"Starry nights, city lights coming down over me"

Are We The Waiting

"My name is Jimmy / and you'd better not wear it out / Suicide commando that your momma talked about"

St. Jimmy

"Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope / I am the son of a bitch and Edger Allen Poe"

St. Jimmy

"Are you talkin' to me? I'll give you something to cry about!"

' St. Jimmy

"Give me a long kiss goodnight, and everything will be alright / Tell me Jimmy, I won't feel a thing"

Give Me Novacaine

"She's a rebel / She's a saint / She's the salt of the Earth and she's dangerous"

She's a Rebel

"She's a rebel, vigilante / Missing link on the brink of destruction"

"She's a Rebel

"Nobody likes you, everyone left you / They're all out without you having fun"

Letterbomb

"Where have all the bastards gone? / As your city's motto gets pulverized"

Letterbomb

"So strike the fucking match to light this fuse"

Letterbomb

"Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself? / and where will we all go when it's too late?"

Letterbomb

"You're not the Jesus of Suburbia / The Saint Jimmy is a figment of / Your father's rage and your mother's love / made me the idiot America"

' Letterbomb

"Summer has come and passed, / the innocent can never last, / wake me up / when September ends."

Wake Me Up When September Ends

"Here comes the rain again / falling from the stars / drenched in my pain again / becoming who we are

Wake Me Up When September Ends

"He says, 'We're fucked up, but we're not the same/ and mom and dad are the ones you can blame.'"

Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)

"There's a glow of light / The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night / bearing gifts and trust / the fixture in the city of lust"

Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)

"Jimmy died today / he blew his brains out into the bay / In the state of mind / It's my own private suicide"

Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)

"Nobody likes you / Everyone left you / They're all out without you / Having fun."

Homecoming (Nobody Likes You)

"Somebody Get me out of here / Anybody get me out of here / Somebody get me out of here / Get me the fuck right out of here"

Homecoming (East 12th Street)

"I play the shit out the drums / and I can play the guitar"

Homecoming (Rock and Roll Girlfriend)

"Here they come / marching down the street / like a desperation murmur of a heartbeat."

Homecoming (We're Coming Home Again)

"And forever in the darkest night / If my memory serves me right / I'll never turn back time / Forgetting you, but not the times"

Whatsername

"From the bible of / None of the above / On a steady diet of / Soda Pop and Ritalin"

"I want you to sing so loud that every fucking red-neck in America hears you tonight, alright!"

American Idiot [Live]

"That's my name and don't you fucking wear it out"

St. Jimmy [Live]

"This song is not anti-American, it's anti-war!"

Holiday [Live]

"Why are there no clouds in the sky? Because God wants to see his favorite band again!"

-Tré

"Roll roll roll a joint, twist it at the ends. Light it up, and take a puff, and pass it to your friends."

-Tré

"Orange mocha frappuccino!"

-Tré

"This next song's a big 'fuck you' to all the politicians! This song's called...'Holiday'!!!"

Holiday [Live]

"You have the fucking power, we are the fucking leaders: don't let these bastards dictate your life or try to tell you what to do, alright!"

Minority [Live]

Tré Cool: This is a place of worship! A place of rock!

Mike Dirnt: What kind of place is this?

Tré Cool: This is a holy place!

Mike Dirnt: Why are there no clouds in the sky?

Tré Cool: Because God wants to watch his favorite band again!

-Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt

I'M SO BEAUTIFUL! FUCK!

Tré Cool (While putting on eyeliner)

Tré Cool: Rock and roll outfits... commence!

Mike Dirnt: Form of a super group!

-Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt

Fuck the dog - The dog's dead. People are freaking out!

-Billie Joe Armstrong

Hmm... Dirty... That's hot... This is my favorite...!

-Billie Joe Armstong (While looking at pictures of the band)

Wait! They don't love you like I love you! Wait! They don't love you like I love you! Wait! Wait!

Mike Dirnt (Pretending to sob)

Bill Schneider: There's gonna be front tress fireworks that come off the top.

Billie Joe Armstrong: Good job.

Mike Dirnt: You did good.

Billie Joe Armstrong: That's good. I like it.

Tre Cool: Good explaining.

Billie Joe Armstrong: That was good explaining, Bill Schneider. You're a good 'splainer.

Bill Schneider, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt

"We're Green Day from Oakland, California, but I just want to say that England is now the official home of Green Day from now on."

Minority [Live]

"to do something that you feel in your heart that's great you need to make a lot of mistakes, everything successful is a series of mistakes."

Billie Joe

"American Idiot is a whole take on the planet sort of vibe, you should do it at least once in your life."

Tre

"No man can eat 50 eggs"

Tre

"I judge all you drummers, I'm watching you, hey."

Tre

"I fully promote and love watching Tre be the best drummer in the world."

Billie Joe

"Thers nothing wrong with being a looser... it just depends on how good you are at it." Billie Joe Armstrong

" Tre Cool plays the drums in Green Day and he snorts...doughnut sprinkles"

Tre

"And my name's George W. Bush.... actually my name's ass hole"

Billie Joe

"Tré Cool is the greatest drummer in the history of rock music."

Billie Joe

"Music to me it's uhh... the air that I breathe, the blood that pumps through my veins, that keeps me alive, y'know? So uhh, without it, I - I dunno what I'd do - I mean, I'd probably have a job or something... people say to me, 'What would you do if you didn't have Green Day?' - Or you know, people say, 'What do you think of people that only talk to you or like you because you're in Green Day?' And I say, 'Well, I AM Green Day. That is me... that is, my life.'